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Mother Derdo and the Walnut Tree
Mother Derdo and the Walnut Tree

MOTHER DERDO AND THE WALNUT TREE

Derdo Ana ve Ceviz Ağacı

Directed by Serdar Önal
Turkey, 2017
Documentary

Synopsis

An Armenian woman from Bitlis, Mother Derdo has emigrated to İstanbul with her 8 children following the death of her husband in a land feud in 1975, and built a new life to herself. Each year, she travels to her home village where she stays for a while, harvests walnuts, and returns to Istanbul.

Synopsis

An Armenian woman from Bitlis, Mother Derdo has emigrated to İstanbul with her 8 children following the death of her husband in a land feud in 1975, and built a new life to herself. Each year, she travels to her home village where she stays for a while, harvests walnuts, and returns to Istanbul.